I picked up the Clarity Vx plugin from waves a while back. As someone who wasn't too keen on audio processing, I loved its simple, basically one-knob operation. Loved how that helped me clean up some muddy dialogue with essentially no effort. However, I purchased iZotope RX Studio a few months ago an that software is simply incredible. I still use Clarity Vx for quick simple things, but when it really comes down to it RX gets the job done well. Thanks for this great review Curtis! Always a satisfying experience to watch one of your reviews!
Hi, Curtis, if you remember, we traded some direct emails about a year ago or more. You were nice enough to respond. I was having major issues with this in getting a clean sound for speech and trying to get a mic off camera far away from the camera using lower end shotguns from Rode and Audio Technica, etc and you told me my room was likely not treated. It seemed to be impossible to fix. Trial and error - nothing worked very well. Wow! This product is amazing. It compensates for room imperfections to the point where you can almost record in any room you want, even one that is not treated. Not perfect, of course, but, if my demand was for perfection, I'd have or be renting out a pro studio. At this price point, it will up the game for everyone substantially. On a budget as I mentioned, I already had an old Audio Technica AT8035 I used to use in field in broadcast situations and as it turned out, it did as good as the Rode shotgun that I bought and returned through a Focusrite Scarlet into my Dell into Sound Forge Pro. I was going to add a DBX 166 or something in the chain, but, the Sound Forge plug-ins including Izotope's Nectar 3 in post on the audio were satisfactory. I'd prefer to be using a Shure or Electrovoice classic mic, but, I need the shotgun to keep the mic off camera. BUT, NOW, that I've added this Clarity plug-in into the mix, I've been able to achieve a dramatic improvement on my mediocre work-around. Which is now, I guess, mediocre plus and quite acceptable for my objective! Always enjoy your videos! Wanted to say Hello!
Hey, Curtis! Thanks. I have Vx Pro and will probably get the pro version of this. I think it's nice to be able to tweak even further. Good to hear from you.
Is it possible to also compare Acon Digital DeVerberate version 3. Also AI powered and very good in my tests. Curious to see / hear what you might think. Cheers!
The folks at Production Expert had a De-Reverb plugin blind listening shootout recently and Acon Digital came out far ahead of their competitors. The Waves plugin has come out since then and seems to be alright but based on anecdotal reports online Acon is still a better solution.
The problem with many of these plug in demo videos...using audio files that are not seriously messed up. The 'reverb voice' in this demonstration is pretty mellow and simple to fix in my opinion. I would like to hear the problems most of us encounter in everyday audio problem solving. Audio problems where the plug in software can not completely fix the audio. We all have to find that 'sweet spot' where we are getting an improvement, but need to back off from hearing obvious artifacts. The demonstrations I view are all pretty clinical. The 'problems' are completely fixed - all nice and shiny. Most audio issues are not so easily solved...
I’ve used both brands and I greatly prefer waves. I’m not an audio guy but I do appreciate good audio. The Waves is so simple and affordable. I’m hoping they release more…de clipper, de clicker, sweetener. I’ll buy those.
oh my gosh...really?clarity vx with de-reverb?...wow...I prefer clarity vx pro most of the time...now I could use another weapon..great video as always
Hey Curtis! Thanks for this review but I think the comparison with Izotope De-Reverb is not fair because in post processing we use Izotope Voice De-reverbe who work in the same way Waves Clarity works (neural network)
Will WAVES Clarity work with instruments? I have a Sax recording that has way too much reverb. If not, do you know of any de-reverb plugs that will reduce the reverb in instruments? Great video BTW, Thanks
@curtis is this a better version of the Waves Clarity Vx? or is it a completely different thing just to focus on de-reverb? Would it advantage me if I had both? or just 1 will do? thanks in advance
Hey I know you often mention sound blankets in your videos, I'm wondering if there's a good reason to avoid the budget options? For instance, an Angler brand blanket on B&H is $27, compared to $68 for a similarly sized Matthews blanket. I see the Matthews is about half the weight of the Angler, is it just as or more effective than the Angler?
The weight and therefore thickness of the blanket is what helps absorb the sound. It can still be far cheaper buying budget blankets and doubling/tripling them up.
The weight and type of fibers used seem to make the biggest difference. I haven’t used those particular blankets so I can’t say for certain, but heavier usually is more effective. In their specs, they *should include a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) graph that will suggest how effective they are. Those without an NRC may be suspect.
Hey Curtis, thank you so much for these amazing videos. Did you hear about an app called Hush for Mac? In my humble opinion, I think it's probably THE best app out there for noise reduction. Love to hear your thoughts about it.
So I'm curious as a reverb sound design tool, if placing this at a very low setting after an extremely modulated reverb algorithm can glue that reverb to the source sound or does it do the opposite and create more distance between the sound and the reverb. Does anyone have experience trying that?
The pro version of vx is faaar better. Can u provide that loaf of bread clip for us to demo on? I want to see how good the pro version can make that sound.
This is pretty disappointing,, when you're really Crank it up The voice is start to sound weird and it doesn't do that great of a job, I mean yeah you can reduce it a little bit but somebody like a voice actor would not be happy with this I don't think, no I thought the original clarity vx did a really good job at removing some light background noise but this thing I don't know. Maybe on a cheap set of headphones it would do the job good enough but on a good set of headphones, definitely not
@@curtisjudd Thanks, i hear you on that. i would love something to get rid of that last little bit of room reflections i get in my audion also, one thing with voice acters is sometimes they have to travel travel and they need to record something and they often make a make-shift booth out of couch cusions and what not in a closet in ahotel or something, if this plugin really worked it would be awesome but it seems abit diasapointing.. When i watched the demo waves did for this plugin it was perfect, dry vocals with no artifacts but when i went to watch some review not made by waves, that was not the case.
@@dannylightning-audio-reviews Yes, works great on some samples but definitely hit and miss. You can trial it and run some of your own audio clips through it. Might work ok on something with just a touch of reverb. I gave it more of an acid test, to be fair.
I found Clarity Vx to be like magic in my testing but iZotope is useful in many more ways than one, with the standalone app and multi-stage processing to clean up audio. The advanced version is expensive but very useful for dialogue editors like me.
@@alexandereditsvideo Agreed. In a larger context, RX Advanced is a bunch of tools that I don't plan to give up despite the better options from Acon Digital and Waves for reverb. I use the best tools where needed, they don't all have to be from the same company.
Am sorry, but I can definetly hear the glitches and that give me bad goose bump... Like seriously I want to puke when I hear those glitches. Ok it's impressive but still not usable for a voice over
For voice over, the first order of business is to manage the acoustics in the recording space. I wouldn’t suggest relying on any de-reverb plugin for VO work.
@@AurelShen I respectfully disagree with that marketing pitch. I see this as a life preserver for video work where reshooting is not an option and you just need to take the edge off.
I remember when I tried to go back to the old project. It turned out that 5 plugins asked for a payment. It was an urgent job and I had to pay for the same thing twice. Fortunately, I found interesting alternatives. I just don't trust them anymore.@@curtisjudd
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I picked up the Clarity Vx plugin from waves a while back. As someone who wasn't too keen on audio processing, I loved its simple, basically one-knob operation. Loved how that helped me clean up some muddy dialogue with essentially no effort. However, I purchased iZotope RX Studio a few months ago an that software is simply incredible. I still use Clarity Vx for quick simple things, but when it really comes down to it RX gets the job done well. Thanks for this great review Curtis! Always a satisfying experience to watch one of your reviews!
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Hi, Curtis, if you remember, we traded some direct emails about a year ago or more. You were nice enough to respond. I was having major issues with this in getting a clean sound for speech and trying to get a mic off camera far away from the camera using lower end shotguns from Rode and Audio Technica, etc and you told me my room was likely not treated. It seemed to be impossible to fix. Trial and error - nothing worked very well.
Wow! This product is amazing. It compensates for room imperfections to the point where you can almost record in any room you want, even one that is not treated. Not perfect, of course, but, if my demand was for perfection, I'd have or be renting out a pro studio. At this price point, it will up the game for everyone substantially.
On a budget as I mentioned, I already had an old Audio Technica AT8035 I used to use in field in broadcast situations and as it turned out, it did as good as the Rode shotgun that I bought and returned through a Focusrite Scarlet into my Dell into Sound Forge Pro. I was going to add a DBX 166 or something in the chain, but, the Sound Forge plug-ins including Izotope's Nectar 3 in post on the audio were satisfactory. I'd prefer to be using a Shure or Electrovoice classic mic, but, I need the shotgun to keep the mic off camera.
BUT, NOW, that I've added this Clarity plug-in into the mix, I've been able to achieve a dramatic improvement on my mediocre work-around. Which is now, I guess, mediocre plus and quite acceptable for my objective!
Always enjoy your videos! Wanted to say Hello!
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Hey, Curtis! Thanks. I have Vx Pro and will probably get the pro version of this. I think it's nice to be able to tweak even further. Good to hear from you.
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The Orb should get in touch for a 2023 remake of Little Fluffy Clouds called Little Fluffy Loaf of Bread. Waves is an amazing value.
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Is it possible to also compare Acon Digital DeVerberate version 3. Also AI powered and very good in my tests. Curious to see / hear what you might think. Cheers!
Yes
@@curtisjudd Excellent. Marci. Looking forward to it.
The folks at Production Expert had a De-Reverb plugin blind listening shootout recently and Acon Digital came out far ahead of their competitors. The Waves plugin has come out since then and seems to be alright but based on anecdotal reports online Acon is still a better solution.
Great video. Are any of these plugins any good for cleaning up non-dialogue audio? E.g. Foley recordings that have a bit too much reverb?
The problem with many of these plug in demo videos...using audio files that are not seriously messed up. The 'reverb voice' in this demonstration is pretty mellow and simple to fix in my opinion. I would like to hear the problems most of us encounter in everyday audio problem solving. Audio problems where the plug in software can not completely fix the audio. We all have to find that 'sweet spot' where we are getting an improvement, but need to back off from hearing obvious artifacts. The demonstrations I view are all pretty clinical. The 'problems' are completely fixed - all nice and shiny. Most audio issues are not so easily solved...
Your plugin in mind will probably made in the next 5 years. AI is getting crazy.
Sean divines video uses a garage vocal sample
This loaf of bread story kept me on edge.
😂
Baking a turkey was of greater concern however.
If you edit in Final Cut the built-in "Voice Isolation" does an amazing job of removing echo as well without having to buy an additional plugin.
Agreed. 👍
I have both (and Clarity Vx) and I find for quick turnaround it's easier to use the Waves plugins for wrangling room noise and echo.
👍 quick and easy
Just wish CVX isn't so heavy on cpu when using it in real time
@Jacked Kerouac Wow! I'm always in render land when I use it.
@@RobKristjansson It crashes my DAW and I'm using a Macbook M1 Pro 😅
@@jackedkerouac4414 😯😯😯
I’ve used both brands and I greatly prefer waves. I’m not an audio guy but I do appreciate good audio. The Waves is so simple and affordable. I’m hoping they release more…de clipper, de clicker, sweetener. I’ll buy those.
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Me too...can´t wait to see what they release more.
oh my gosh...really?clarity vx with de-reverb?...wow...I prefer clarity vx pro most of the time...now I could use another weapon..great video as always
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Hey Curtis! Thanks for this review but I think the comparison with Izotope De-Reverb is not fair because in post processing we use Izotope Voice De-reverbe who work in the same way Waves Clarity works (neural network)
I compared based on price.
Yeast meets west! Good job as always.
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Will WAVES Clarity work with instruments? I have a Sax recording that has way too much reverb. If not, do you know of any de-reverb plugs that will reduce the reverb in instruments? Great video BTW, Thanks
Not sure but you might try the trial version.
Around 50 - 60% seem to be a sweet-spot for the Clarity Vx.
Agreed
@curtis is this a better version of the Waves Clarity Vx? or is it a completely different thing just to focus on de-reverb? Would it advantage me if I had both? or just 1 will do? thanks in advance
It is trained differently than the noise reduction so they complement each other, not replace each other.
How does is perform compared to Adobe auditions De Reverd in the dialogue panel?
Hey I know you often mention sound blankets in your videos, I'm wondering if there's a good reason to avoid the budget options? For instance, an Angler brand blanket on B&H is $27, compared to $68 for a similarly sized Matthews blanket. I see the Matthews is about half the weight of the Angler, is it just as or more effective than the Angler?
The weight and therefore thickness of the blanket is what helps absorb the sound.
It can still be far cheaper buying budget blankets and doubling/tripling them up.
The weight and type of fibers used seem to make the biggest difference. I haven’t used those particular blankets so I can’t say for certain, but heavier usually is more effective. In their specs, they *should include a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) graph that will suggest how effective they are. Those without an NRC may be suspect.
I have izotope and it always seems to make the recording worse just using the learn though.
Takes a little practice and a light touch.
The dialogue isolator in DaVinci is also good, although it cuts low and high end at extreme settings
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A more accurate comparison would have comparing the Izotope de-reverb to the Waves de-reverb Pro. It also has a more settings
Perhaps, but those are very different prices
I'm a big fan of accentize deroom. more of a competitor to the pro version. its nice to have multiple options each one works a little differently
That’s my sense as well - one might work better than another depending on the clip.
I’m so confused on what’s the difference between Clarity VX and Clarity VX dereverb. Which one do I buy if I can only buy one?
Clarity vX to remove noise
Impecable video as aways 🙌🏽
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That's so clean...
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Hey Curtis, thank you so much for these amazing videos. Did you hear about an app called Hush for Mac? In my humble opinion, I think it's probably THE best app out there for noise reduction. Love to hear your thoughts about it.
Thanks. I have testing this Tool and it is amazing
Yes: th-cam.com/users/liveB4VlTR7T4WU?feature=share
So I'm curious as a reverb sound design tool, if placing this at a very low setting after an extremely modulated reverb algorithm can glue that reverb to the source sound or does it do the opposite and create more distance between the sound and the reverb. Does anyone have experience trying that?
I don’t know.
Would you say to place dereverb before voice denoise. In that order??
I’d experiment and see which sounds better.
Does this work on guitar? I recorded a solo with too much reverb, want to try to salvage it.
Not sure, I don't have a guitar to test it with.
The pro version of vx is faaar better. Can u provide that loaf of bread clip for us to demo on? I want to see how good the pro version can make that sound.
Thank you for this, boss
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Waves Clarity VX Pro is untouchable.
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How many years did she bake the loaf of bread? 😁
LOL
Similar results my ass. You can clearly hear the early reflections in the RX. You get a dryer result with Clarity Vx.
Ok. You may have better ears than I.
This is pretty disappointing,, when you're really Crank it up The voice is start to sound weird and it doesn't do that great of a job, I mean yeah you can reduce it a little bit but somebody like a voice actor would not be happy with this I don't think, no I thought the original clarity vx did a really good job at removing some light background noise but this thing I don't know. Maybe on a cheap set of headphones it would do the job good enough but on a good set of headphones, definitely not
De-reverberation is a band-aid. The real solution, especially for voice actors, is to record in a space without so much reverberation.
Also note that while adjusting, there'll be some odd phasing, but after a few seconds it settles (for both plugins).
@@curtisjudd Thanks, i hear you on that. i would love something to get rid of that last little bit of room reflections i get in my audion also, one thing with voice acters is sometimes they have to travel travel and they need to record something and they often make a make-shift booth out of couch cusions and what not in a closet in ahotel or something, if this plugin really worked it would be awesome but it seems abit diasapointing.. When i watched the demo waves did for this plugin it was perfect, dry vocals with no artifacts but when i went to watch some review not made by waves, that was not the case.
@@dannylightning-audio-reviews Yes, works great on some samples but definitely hit and miss. You can trial it and run some of your own audio clips through it. Might work ok on something with just a touch of reverb. I gave it more of an acid test, to be fair.
I felt Clarity VX was so much better than Izotope
Yes. Though iZotope also has another de-reverb for vocals in its advanced version which is quite effective.
I found Clarity Vx to be like magic in my testing but iZotope is useful in many more ways than one, with the standalone app and multi-stage processing to clean up audio. The advanced version is expensive but very useful for dialogue editors like me.
@@alexandereditsvideo Agreed. In a larger context, RX Advanced is a bunch of tools that I don't plan to give up despite the better options from Acon Digital and Waves for reverb. I use the best tools where needed, they don't all have to be from the same company.
Baking a turkey?
Roasting, technically.
Adobe Podcast AI 😆✌
Pretty good. But, of course, nothing beats a recording which has no reverb from the start. 😃
Am sorry, but I can definetly hear the glitches and that give me bad goose bump... Like seriously I want to puke when I hear those glitches. Ok it's impressive but still not usable for a voice over
For voice over, the first order of business is to manage the acoustics in the recording space. I wouldn’t suggest relying on any de-reverb plugin for VO work.
@@curtisjudd I agree but this is one of their marketing point
@@AurelShen I respectfully disagree with that marketing pitch. I see this as a life preserver for video work where reshooting is not an option and you just need to take the edge off.
@@curtisjudd I agree :)
It should be mentioned that Waves does not sell its products but only rents them. If you stop paying, the plugin will stop working.
That was true for a short time about a year ago. Not the case today.
I remember when I tried to go back to the old project. It turned out that 5 plugins asked for a payment. It was an urgent job and I had to pay for the same thing twice. Fortunately, I found interesting alternatives. I just don't trust them anymore.@@curtisjudd
I paid one time for Clarity vx pro about 5 months ago
This is not true. I've been using waves products for years. Only paid for each plugin once.